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This question comes up constantly and most answers either feel too soft or too focused on forgiveness without addressing the real wound.

I decided to go deeper into Scripture to find some answers.

God sees what people try to hide.

Ecclesiastes 12:14 is direct about this. Every hidden deed, every cruelty done behind closed doors, comes into judgment. People think they escaped because nobody confronted them immediately.

Galatians 6:7 teaches us the seeds a person plants through their actions grow into a harvest they cannot avoid. Lies get exposed. Destruction turns back toward the one causing it. This is a consistent pattern in the Bible.

God is close to the wounded.

Psalm 34:18 doesn’t say God is close to the brokenhearted. That distinction matters to people carrying wounds that never received justice from other people.

And Romans 12:19 isn’t about ignoring injustice. It tells us to leave room for God’s wrath. It’s about releasing the burden of judgment to someone with full knowledge, full wisdom, and full authority.

God also gives people opportunities to repent.

2 Peter 3:9 shows that Biblical justice is driven by righteousness. That balance is what separates God’s justice from human retaliation.

For anyone carrying wounds from betrayal, abuse, or injustice, the Bible doesn’t tell you your pain doesn’t matter. It tells you who carries the final weight of judgment.

I put together a longer teaching on this if anyone wants to go deeper. Sharing the link here if anybody is interested.

What God Does To People Who Hurt You

https://youtu.be/MpdechCgr3o

https://ecceshop.lovable.app/

Take Time to Be with Your Good Shepherd

Let me ask you something today: when was the last time you truly sat with your Shepherd?
Not rushing in and out, not fitting Him in between meetings and messages. But staying long enough to be cared for by Him.
Our Lord Jesus said, “My sheep hear My voice.”
That tells us something very precious. Your Shepherd is always speaking. He hasn’t stopped. He hasn’t gone quiet.
But if we are constantly hurried, constantly moving from one thing to the next, how do we hear what He is saying?
Psalm 23 gives us such a tender picture of how our Good Shepherd leads us.
“He leads me beside the still waters.”
“He makes me lie down in green pastures.”
In stillness, in quietness. That’s how He leads His sheep. That’s where His voice becomes clear.
Remember Elijah? The Lord was not in the fire, not in the earthquake, not in the whirlwind. Instead, He was in the still, quiet voice.
That’s right. The Lord’s voice is not on the frequency of hurry or noise. It is on the frequency of stillness. And that’s why it matters so much that we cultivate time to be still before Him.
Let me ask you honestly…
Are you too busy to sit? Has prayer become mostly one-way, where you’re rushing in with your requests and rushing out again?
You could be sitting in a pasture with green all around you and still be hungry if you never took time to graze and to feed. You could be right beside brooks of living waters and still feel parched if you never pause long enough to drink.
And that’s why I want to share this one simple encouragement with you today: schedule stillness.
You need time to be shepherded by the Lord. Time to wait before Him, time to sit with Him, time to listen to what He is saying to you personally.
Sometimes people tell me, “Pastor, I feel dry.”
“I’m not growing spiritually.”
“I came to church, but I didn’t receive anything.”
“I don’t feel like I have anyone guiding me.”
“My leader has no time for me…”
Now, there is a place for receiving from our leaders, or from other believers in the body of Christ.
But today, I want to point you to something that may seem so obvious, yet is so easily missed: You need to take time to be with your Good Shepherd so He can care for you… guide you… and feed you.
You have His anointed Word before you and access to good teaching. But have you taken the time to let Him personally tend to you?
If we don’t intentionally make room for that time with the Lord, it usually gets crowded out. So often, when our calendars fill up, time with Him is the first thing that gets compromised.
So mark it down. Put it in your calendar. Take time in your week to read His Word unhurriedly. Take a long walk and talk with the Lord.
And I want to leave you with this beautiful picture from the same psalm: “You prepare a table before me in the presence of my enemies.”
Did you catch that?
Whatever you’re walking through right now, your Good Shepherd has already prepared what you need.
Not quick bites, not something on the run. But a table, a feast. And a feast requires time.
So today, don’t rush off. Sit with Him, feed on His faithfulness. And let this simple invitation stay with you: schedule stillness.

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